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Kratix

A Framework for Building Platforms.

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Overview

Kratix is an open-source platform orchestrator developed by Syntasso to help platform teams design self-service, secure, and scalable IDPs. It enables teams to define and deliver platform capabilities as self-service, governed APIs known as 'Promises', promoting a composable, platform-as-a-product model.

✨ Key Features

  • Platform-as-a-Product model
  • Promises (Self-service APIs for capabilities)
  • Composable Platform Architecture
  • Fleet Management for resources
  • Multiplayer mode (Inner Sourcing)

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Composable, multi-team approach to platform building ('multiplayer mode')
  • The 'Promise' concept as a clear contract between platform and app teams
  • Framework approach, not a pre-built portal

Unique Value: Kratix provides a flexible, powerful, and open-source foundation for platform teams to build a truly custom, API-driven internal platform on Kubernetes.

🎯 Use Cases (4)

Building a custom Internal Developer Platform Creating custom platform APIs for developers Standardizing resource provisioning across teams Enabling multi-cluster application delivery

✅ Best For

  • Defining a 'Database' promise that developers can request without knowing the underlying implementation
  • Building a GitOps-powered platform on top of Kubernetes

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Teams looking for a pre-built UI or developer portal
  • Organizations not comfortable with a Kubernetes-native, API-driven approach

🏆 Alternatives

Crossplane Backstage KubeVela Humanitec

Unlike Backstage, Kratix is not a portal; it's the API-driven engine that a portal could be built on top of. Compared to Crossplane, it focuses more on defining composite, user-facing 'Promises' rather than just managing individual cloud resources.

💻 Platforms

Self-Hosted API

✅ Offline Mode Available

🔌 Integrations

Kubernetes GitOps tools (Argo CD, Flux) Terraform Helm Crossplane

🛟 Support Options

  • ✓ Live Chat
  • ✓ Dedicated Support (N/A tier)

🔒 Compliance & Security

✓ N/A (Self-hosted)

💰 Pricing

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Free Tier Available

Free tier: Open source, self-hosted

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